Chapter 3 The Skeletal System

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Across
  1. 2. the posterior space behind the knee
  2. 5. fracture of the wrist; associated with osteoporosis
  3. 8. area in a long bone where red and yellow bone marrow are located
  4. 9. surgical removal of a spinal lamina
  5. 11. inflammation of a bursa
  6. 12. the condition commonly known as a bunion
  7. 13. smaller bone of the forearm
  8. 17. testing technique that is a screening for osteoporosis
  9. 18. surgical removal of the synovial membrane from a joint
  10. 19. cancer in the blood-forming cells of bone marrow
Down
  1. 1. inflammation of the cartilage that connects a rib to the sternum
  2. 3. form of fracture fixation that is not usually removed after the fracture has healed
  3. 4. also known as the hip socket
  4. 6. pertaining to the formation of blood cells
  5. 7. that total displacement of a bone from its joint
  6. 10. congenital defect; the spinal canal fails to close around the spinal cord
  7. 14. Surgical repair of a damaged joint
  8. 15. an opening in a bone through which blood vessels, nerves and ligaments pass
  9. 16. inflammation of the periostitis